Daily Quiz anyone?

[easthammer]

"If you are stuck at home and bored like me. How about exercising the old grey cells? I have for a number of years run quiz nights and couple of times a year. I was due to do one tomorrow which is now cancelled So I have a bank of questions sitting in my computer's hard drive. They are quite eclectic in their nature. I am thinking I could put up a set of questions for which you write down your answers. After 30mins or so I will put up the answers. DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS. before I post the right answers. You mark your own answers and post your score. I will then record the scores and at the end of the ""lockdown"" we will see who is WHO's brainbox supreme. Obiviously no looking up the answers (you only cheat yourselves) Word of warning these won't be easy questions as they have been devised for teams of six. Forming teams on here might be too problematic. So I'll try to pick out the easier questions. Any interest?"

[Mad Dog]

Of course.... unless I forget again

[zico]

"Ha ha,,,,, if you are still able to do Fridays that will help!!"

[Mad Dog]

Aw hell no. My brain is officially switched off until September

[Mad Dog]

Aw hell no. My brain is officially switched off until September

[zico]

Mad Dog 10:49 Fri Jul 22 Seeing as I'm on my summer hols for 6 weeks.... Can you do the quizzes for six weeks?! ;-)

[Far Cough]

The only arcade game I played and I was fairly good at was Galaga

[Mad Dog]

"Seeing as I'm on my summer hols for 6 weeks.... 1 Who sang “school's out for summer”? 2. In 1984 who sang “boys of summer”? 3. What year was summer holiday film starring cliff Richard released? 4 in which tv soap is summer Bay? 5. What song contains the massively inappropriate lyrics “have a drink have a drive, go out and see what you can find”? 6. In which tv show was the main character a girl with the surname “summers” that went to sunnydale high school? 7. How many days are children supposed to be in school in a school year (mandatory minimum for local authority schools)? 8. What year was “holiday” by madonna? 9. What was the name of the 1997 slasher film starring Jennifer love Hewitt and Freddie Prince Jr?? 10. What date was this year's summer solstice?"

[Texas Iron]

4 only… No interesting games

[Mad Dog]

9. Not bad seeing as I don't play computer games. Didn't get thr Minecraft one... which is ironically as.both my kids spend hours on it (then my daughter watches fuckwits play it on youtube)

[Syd Puddefoot]

7. Which is not bad considering I NEVER play computer games (not since Asteroids or Space Invaders in the pub back in the day) as they bore the life out of me.

[easthammer]

5.5 which was much more than I expected since I have barely played computer games since 1980s. Apart for cards and candy crush. Did get hooked on Angry Birds but didn't get that question. I do have a ZX Spectrum in the loft with some original games Must be worth something by now:).

[easthammer]

5.5 which was much more than I expected since I have barely played computer games since 1980s. Apart for cards and candy crush. Did get hooked on Angry Birds but didn't get that question. I do have a ZX Spectrum in the loft with some original games Must be worth something by now:).

[riosleftsock]

"Had the skiing game, liked that. Remember star strike, but there was another one too. Way better than Pong"

[zico]

Star Strike - It just came to me!

[zico]

"The skiing was good - Was that alien game ""something strike""? Can't place it. When we had to sell mums house last year we got about 90 for all my old video games etc intellevision, and Commodore 64. Regretting selling them now! I remember a game on C64 called Quo Vadis. When you completed it you found some message and a phone number which you called to try and win a holiday., I finally completed it, called the number, only to hear the competition had closed about two years previously!"

[zico]

"The skiing was good - Was that alien game ""something strike""? Can't place it. When we had to sell mums house last year we got about 90 for all my old video games etc intellevision, and Commodore 64. Regretting selling them now! I remember a game on C64 called Quo Vadis. When you completed it you found some message and a phone number which you called to try and win a holiday., I finally completed it, called the number, only to hear the competition had closed about two years previously!"

[zico]

riosleftsock 12:22 Fri Jul 22 Used to have an old mate who was an absolute whizz at that Decathlon. The speed was incredible whilst I hit every hurdle and failed to qualify in about 25 seconds!

[riosleftsock]

"zico - lol on intellivision (just noticed) Best games were ice hockey and the strange space ship fighting game, oh and the racing game"

[riosleftsock]

"Incredible 6 considering no mention Daley Thompson's decathlon or Nigel Mansell F1, Historyline. No help for old intellivision console players, atari ST, vic 20 or amigas.."

[zico]

half a point for any old PlayStation! I used to have one of those Intellevision consoles. God the football game was tedious as they made it a bit to real life by making you play the full 90 minutes!

[Far Cough]

5 or 5 1/2 if you're giving half a point for just PlayStation? Cheers

[zico]

"Sorry got a bit lazy with the question marks but you all know it's a quiz!! Video Games 1. Games company that created Mario Nintendo 2. Arcade game in which Mario first appeared (1981, as Jumpman) Donkey Kong 3. Black Ops and Ghosts are editions of Call of Duty 4. Star of the Tomb Raider franchise: has been voiced by Shelley Blond, Keeley Hawes and Camilla Luddington (among others) Lara Croft 5. Hand–held games console launched by Nintendo in 1989 Game Boy 6. Launched in 2009 by Finnish company Rovio Entertainment; has been praised for its successful combination of fun gameplay, comical style, and low price; now a multi–media franchise Angry Birds 7. Classic arcade game: the title character must eat all the dots inside an enclosed maze, while avoiding four coloured 'ghosts' named Inky, Pinky, Blinky and Clyde Pac–Man 8. It’s the best selling videogame of all time Minecraft 9. This card game has been found on Windows operating systems since the Windows 3.0. Solitaire 10. The best selling video game console of all time? Playstation 2"

[Far Cough]

8 cheers zico

[zico]

"Long day on the road again today so will be late. Video Games 1. Games company that created Mario 2. Arcade game in which Mario first appeared (1981, as Jumpman) 3. Black Ops and Ghosts are editions of 4. Star of the Tomb Raider franchise: has been voiced by Shelley Blond, Keeley Hawes and Camilla Luddington (among others) 5. Hand–held games console launched by Nintendo in 1989 6. Launched in 2009 by Finnish company Rovio Entertainment; has been praised for its successful combination of fun gameplay, comical style, and low price; now a multi–media franchise 7. Classic arcade game: the title character must eat all the dots inside an enclosed maze, while avoiding four coloured 'ghosts' named Inky, Pinky, Blinky and Clyde 8. It’s the best selling videogame of all time 9. This card game has been found on Windows operating systems since the Windows 3.0. 10. The best selling video game console of all time?"

[zico]

"Long day on the road again today so will be late. Video Games 1. Games company that created Mario 2. Arcade game in which Mario first appeared (1981, as Jumpman) 3. Black Ops and Ghosts are editions of 4. Star of the Tomb Raider franchise: has been voiced by Shelley Blond, Keeley Hawes and Camilla Luddington (among others) 5. Hand–held games console launched by Nintendo in 1989 6. Launched in 2009 by Finnish company Rovio Entertainment; has been praised for its successful combination of fun gameplay, comical style, and low price; now a multi–media franchise 7. Classic arcade game: the title character must eat all the dots inside an enclosed maze, while avoiding four coloured 'ghosts' named Inky, Pinky, Blinky and Clyde 8. It’s the best selling videogame of all time 9. This card game has been found on Windows operating systems since the Windows 3.0. 10. The best selling video game console of all time?"